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Spectrum, Northern Nevada Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-10
Scope and Contents

Gay and lesbian organization, includes bylaws, minutes, clippings, membership information.

Dates: 1990-2001

Sunrise heyday sunset at Goldfield, Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: NC1217
Abstract

George Harris was a Nevada author, originally from Pennsylvania. Collection contains autobiographical manuscript about Harris' life in Nevada, mining, and stories of people and events in Goldfield, Nevada, ca 1900-1912.

Dates: 1960

Maude Sawin Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1196
Abstract

Maude Sawin Taylor (1889-1974) was a teacher, organizer, civic leader, and author. The collection includes correspondence to and from Taylor, her husband Chester C. Taylor, Ruth Torkelson, and James Edward Church; newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, and notes; and correspondence, financial records and newsletters of some twenty civic organizations and the First Baptist Church of Reno, Nevada.

Dates: 1866-1974

Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1371
Abstract The Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency (TMRPA) oral history project was initiated by the TMRPA in 2018 as part of its 2019 Regional Plan update. It intended to document the origins and development of the TMRPA through oral histories with individuals who could relay their firsthand experiences and knowledge related to those topics. The collection contains the project's original audio interviews, transcribed oral history volume, and the copyright assignment forms signed by...
Dates: 2018-2019

The Veerkamp Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 89-57
Abstract

Transcript history of the Frank Francis Veerkamp family which originated in Germany, spent time in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved in 1852 to El Dorado County, California, where they farmed. Includes accounts of trips to Nevada and photographs.

Dates: 1825-1956

Washoe County, Nevada Postmark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-47
Abstract

The collection contains five postcards and envelopes with Washoe County post office postmarks, including one from Steamboat (1909), two from Wadsworth (1879 and circa 1880s), one from Flanigan (1951) and one from Pyramid (1954). The 1879 postmark from Wadsworth is written to a William Smith in White Planes, Nevada which was the site of an early 1870s salt discovery. The postcard was written six months before the post office was established there.

Dates: 1879-1954

Washoe's josh: a story of Mark Twain

 Collection
Identifier: NC635
Abstract

Student paper analysing Mark Twain's literary purpose as illustrated by his Nevada journalism career. The collection contains material from 1937 created by Doris T. Trautman.

Dates: 1937

Wedertz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1145
Abstract Ludowig (Louis) Edmund Wedertz (1824-1881) operated a stage station at Sulpher Springs on the Carson-Aurora road from about 1862-1866 when he moved his family to Aurora for two years. By 1874 they were living in Sulpher Springs again where Clarence R. and Frank Lewis were born. In 1881, Wedertz opened a store in Bridgeport, California, which his widow Niklamine ran after his death in December 1881. The family continued to live in Bridgeport and Smith Valley. The collection primarily contains...
Dates: circa 1860-1930s

Western Smelters Corporation of Arizona Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC170
Abstract

The Western Smelters Corporation of Arizona was a mineral smelting firm doing business in northwestern Nevada. The collection contains daily account ledger and a check register.

Dates: 1908-1912

George F. Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 90-37
Abstract

These papers were created or gathered by George F. Wright in his role as attorney for the Washoe Tribe before The Indian Claims Commission. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, testimonies, maps and records of other relevant dockets before the commission.

Dates: 1931-1973

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Barber, Alicia 2
Church, James Edward, Jr., 1869-1959 2
First Baptist Church of Reno 2
Ratay, Myra Sauer 2
Taylor, Maude Sawin, 1889-1974 2
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University of Nevada, Reno 2
Adams, Brewster, 1879-1959 1
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Aiazzi, David 1
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Akert, Ben 1
Allec, Kevin (1960-) 1
Anderson, John 1
Angle family 1
Armstrong, Robert D., 1931-2010 1
Ascuaga, John J. 1
Ascuaga, Michonne 1
Ascuaga, Rose 1
Ascuaga, Stephen, 1968- 1
Auer, John Jeffery, IV 1
Avansino, Norm 1
Averett, Walter R. 1
Bailey, William, 1903- 1
Barnum, Lillian G. 1
Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965 1
Bassman, Henry 1
Beatty, William Blake, 1912-1990 1
Belaustegui, Dick 1
Benedict, Russell G. 1
Bernstein, Richard A. 1
Bertha (Elephant) 1
Bowman, Lulu 1
Brobant, Nelson 1
Brockliss family 1
Broili, June 1
Browne family 1
Browne, Howard E. (Howard Edgar), 1896-1990 1
Bullentini, Piero 1
Cafferata, Elisa 1
Canepa, Gaye 1
Carpenter, Kenneth 1
Chamberlain, Sharon 1
Charlatans (Musical group) 1
Church, Florence Humphrey 1
Cividino, Paolo 1
Clancy, Gwendolyn, 1951- 1
Clark, Casey 1
Clemens, Earle R., 1877-1943 1
Clemens, Elizabeth (Of Rhyolite, Nev.) 1
Coffin, Carrie 1
Colley, Nathaniel Sextus, 1918- 1
Conder, Tim 1
Cook, Sherburne Friend, 1896-1974 1
Cortez Mines, Ltd. 1
Cox, Don, 1946- 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Cutter, Donald C. 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Dave's VIP Club (Reno, Nevada) 1
Deal, Kelly 1
Deutsch, A. P. 1
Dibble, Andrew Comstock, 1845-1936 1
Dick Graves' Nugget (Reno, Nev.) 1
Dukes, Hope Shellenberger 1
Durham, Will 1
Ede, Les 1
Edwards, Mary Reid, 1912- 1
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Erreguible, Louis 1
Evangelatos, Greg 1
Feroah, John 1
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Garden Gate Club No. 2 (Washoe County, Nev.) 1
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Gentry, Elizabeth Davis, 1825-1921 1
Gentry, Samuel, 1821-1915 1
George Peabody College for Teachers. Division of Surveys and Field Services 1
Gifford, Edward Winslow, 1887-1959 1
Golden, Francis Bernard, 1862-1911 1
Goldfield (Nev.) 1
Graves, Richard, 1912- 1
Gray, Paul 1
Green, Bally 1
Griswold family 1
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Griswold, Morley 1
Gruell, George E. 1
Hammond, Selina Walker 1
Harrington, Ann 1
Harris, George 1
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